Big Weekend For Gai Waterhouse

Randwick's leading trainer Gai Waterhouse is preparing for a busy weekend with an impressive line up of 15 runners spread over three meetings. Her best chance in Sydney appears to be Prince of Truth who won over the same track and distance last Saturday and is shaping up to be a Cups contender. The stable have a big opinion of him as relayed to me last week when I was at Randwick for trackwork, and he'll give you a good run for your money. Beauty Watch should win race seven and push her winnings past the $600,000 mark. She's a terrific mare who's always competitive and comes off the back of a win in the Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury a fortnight ago.

In Queensland, Gai has sent more than a handful of horses up there for the carnival and the standout is Desert War, 5/2 on favourite for the Holindale Stakes. Now that's no good to you or I, (unless you're like the "car washer" who used to bet with me when I was a bookie at the trots but that's another story which you're welcome to call me about if you've got a lazy five minutes...), but she's also got Cheeky Choice in race 4 with Nash Rawiller on board who's around the 2/1 mark and should win.